This week’s episode gives us classic “Heroes” sci-fi soap action in all directions with Hiro and Ando crashing a wedding in India, Sylar and Luke bonding on the road, Tracy briefly “escaping” the heat lamps and Claire saving Alex the comic shop Aquaman from the clutches of her dad.

Yep, basic “Heroes” action you can count on.

And why remark on this as a positive?

Because it was fun to see Hiro and Ando engage in their buddy-buddy shenanigans, this time as interchangeable sidekicks on a kind of waste of a trip but a fun diversion nonetheless.

And because BatSylar and RobLuke make an entertaining, dysfunctional dynamic duo, especially when Sy’s advising Luke how to use his powers and they’re later jumping out of a coffee shop window together.

And because Tracy turning some poor soul into a raspa only enforces Nate’s nefarious plan, even though it was actually the even more nefarious Danko who was behind her botched “escape,” which gives Nate a necessary dimension to his goals and thereby makes his super-Gitmo at least a bit more conceivable.

And because Claire’s stance against lying to her mom only reinforces her bond with her dad, especially when Claire reveals all to her mom and the missus kicks Noah to the curb for it and he abides as only a well-developed character can. Because even when he’s in the doghouse, Noah Bennet is the best thing about this show.

And because judging by that ending with Noah drugged and carried out of a hotel bar by Matt and other members of the Fugitive 5, we’re about to learn more about Mr. Bennet next week.

Which hopefully means an episode on par with “Company Man,” still one of the best eps ever for a show that has once again tapped into that old magic that had us under its spell way back in the first season.

And that, my friends, is “Heroes” comfort food most satisfying.

To be continued… and daresay I can’t wait for another serving.

— My Twitter page was rather hoping Tracy could freeze some waffles for the road and Luke could heat ’em up later.